[NOOOO!!!! possess the horse live on in the yodel ranch
he lights up, and she laughs - it's something stupid, like a dumb giggle that she can't help. it's super lame and dorky and she's kind of embarrassed but. not really! not terribly so. she likes feeling this way.]
Oh yeah? [warmly, teasing.] Well. Bounties to collect and all.
[ me like i have youtubed this laugh and WHO WOULD NOT LOVE IT... SHE IS SO DORKY... ]
Well, shoot. Now I know why I'm really out here hangin' with you, huh? [ he bumps into her shoulder as they walk ] All you gotta do is laugh all cute like that one more time. It'll take me right out.
[ openly flirts. boothill like wyll's not here right now wyll who ]
[SHE IS this is the girl who literally goes eeee! in excitement when you tell her you like her. dork.
anyway i cannot believe the charm this cowboy has i love him]
Gods. Flatterer. [she is always red, so it's hard to tell that she is slightly blushing, but her betrayer metal heart pulses a little more brightly. she nudges him back, and her tail comes up to loosely settle at his waist.]
Give it a minute. You make me grin like a loon more than any other sap around here.
the tail is unexpected—at first he thinks it's a hand before he looks down at it. once he realizes what it is, a warm, tight feeling rises in his chest.
he reaches and hooks his pinky over karlach's. ]
Other saps, huh? 'Course you've got more. Pro'bly buzzin' 'round you like bees to a flower.
No! Not a pinecone. [she protests, grinning.] Maybe a cactus. Those have got flowers on them.
[he can probably see - and hear, honestly - the way her heart is chugging faster. the light is very bright, and it's tinted a little blue, when he twines their fingers.]
... Well, anyway. You can look all you want with that working eye of yours.
[she's like, a touch shy at this, grinning and looking away for a second in some sort of bashful glee. but when he points, she rests her hand on her chest.]
Running hot, but for a different reason, yeah. [she says, amused.]
Heh. I promise, s'long as you don't mind it. They pro'bly ain't no match for you, but we ain't got a lot of first aid... Maybe you should test it first.
[ he takes off his hat and offers it to her, upside-down. ]
You can throw lil' Karlach in here, 'n anythin' else you got that you don't want gettin' wet.
[she does in fact gently put the tiny karlach in his hat, and then thinks about it. does she have anything else... just her clothes.]
I'm not worried about a couple of leech bites. [she says confidently. she's got like a bazillion hitpoints she's fine. but she will kick off her boots, and stand at the edge.]
[she almost took the clothes off but then thought about it and was like no, i think i'll have modesty this time
anyway, she takes a step into the water, and watches! it's not quite hot enough to boil the water, but the leeches seem Hesitant. until she starts moving her foot, and then they no longer hesitate, and she yelps.
but it's more like laughing, even as she jumps back out of the water.]
boothill is over here watching, but when karlach hops back he starts laughing too. he leaves his hat on a nearby rock and jogs over to her side, grasping her arm to give her leverage. ]
[ LITERALLY, they do not know they're helping him be even more straight. ]
All right, all right. You sit.
[ he guides her over to the rock nearby, lowers her down, and then kneels beside her leg. don't mind him carefully holding it while gently extracting the leech from her skin 😳 ]
Guess I'll hafta catch us some fish the old-fashioned way.
[she settles down on the rock, and watches him as he does this. there is that little blue glow to her again.]
You good at fishing? [her hand twitches where she's steadying herself on the rock, and then like she's just deciding to go for it, she brings her hand up to tuck his hair behind his ear.]
that last leech gets popped off! then he's just kneeling in front of her and she's pushing back his hair with her clawed hand and he's staring up at her, almost dumbstruck.
ok. OK. his heart is beating quick. he manages to tilt a smile up his mouth. ]
Hey. Not sure what you're thinkin'. I was just gonna grab 'em with these.
[ he raises a hand. yes he's was going to bare hand catch those fish. but now he's locked eyes with karlach and he's holding her calf with both hands. ]
Kinda... lost interest, though. If I'm bein' honest.
there's a second where she actually realizes the position they are both in and it is very clear that she's blushing. she opens her mouth - and then closes it, losing all the words in her head for a long second. just for a second, as she registers the hands on her, the expression on his face.
and then:]
Shame. Would've been hot.
[she says, with that slightly shy grin creeping at the corners of her lips.]
boothill is not stopping this so. i guess he's just
going to push himself slowly to his feet, set one knee on the rock beside karlach, set one hand on her shoulder and the other on her cheek. his fingertips slip into her hair.
he murmurs, head tilted: ]
Flower-pickin'.
[ if she doesn't stop him first, he'll lean in and slowly close his lips over hers. ]
[BACKDATES A KISS THIS MAKES EXECUTION EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATING HOORAY
no this is perfect, he rises up and she sucks in a tiny sharp breath, going still - not in a bad way, but stunned, the way that he was just a moment ago. it's such a smooth move, the way he slides up into her space. and almost instinctively she rests one hand on his waist to steady him, the other loosely at his chest, curling into the front of his shirt. stay, she thinks, stay there.
when he leans in, karlach meets him without any hesitation at all. that blue glow flares, and her grip on his shirt tightens as she keeps him close, pressing up into the kiss with a little shivery, happy noise.
sorry about how warm she gets, this is one of those moments where she has absolutely no control over it. it won't burn or hurt! but she is a little furnace. flower-picking. she's weak.]
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he lights up, and she laughs - it's something stupid, like a dumb giggle that she can't help. it's super lame and dorky and she's kind of embarrassed but. not really! not terribly so. she likes feeling this way.]
Oh yeah? [warmly, teasing.] Well. Bounties to collect and all.
[nudges him off towards the stream!]
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Well, shoot. Now I know why I'm really out here hangin' with you, huh? [ he bumps into her shoulder as they walk ] All you gotta do is laugh all cute like that one more time. It'll take me right out.
[ openly flirts. boothill like wyll's not here right now wyll who ]
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anyway i cannot believe the charm this cowboy has i love him]
Gods. Flatterer. [she is always red, so it's hard to tell that she is slightly blushing, but her betrayer metal heart pulses a little more brightly. she nudges him back, and her tail comes up to loosely settle at his waist.]
Give it a minute. You make me grin like a loon more than any other sap around here.
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the tail is unexpected—at first he thinks it's a hand before he looks down at it. once he realizes what it is, a warm, tight feeling rises in his chest.
he reaches and hooks his pinky over karlach's. ]
Other saps, huh? 'Course you've got more. Pro'bly buzzin' 'round you like bees to a flower.
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I've got friends. [she says, with a little smile.] I don't know, if there are other bees, I haven't noticed! I'm distracted by a particular flower.
I think that's the metaphor. I think I fucked that up, hang on.
[help]
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A flower? I'd say I'm more like a... pinecone or somethin'.
[ they're both stupid. ]
That's a relief, though I guess I'm the only one in this town with a workin' eye.
[ he twines their fingers slowly. ]
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No! Not a pinecone. [she protests, grinning.] Maybe a cactus. Those have got flowers on them.
[he can probably see - and hear, honestly - the way her heart is chugging faster. the light is very bright, and it's tinted a little blue, when he twines their fingers.]
... Well, anyway. You can look all you want with that working eye of yours.
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Don't mind if I do.
[ he slows their pace a little bit and squeezes her hand gently. he points to her chest with his other hand. ]
I take it that's a good sign.
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Running hot, but for a different reason, yeah. [she says, amused.]
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boothill smiles even wider and turns his attention back in front of them. ]
Well, that makes two of us then.
[ the streams not far. from the outside, it looks perfectly fine. inside is probably a hell made of leeches, but also fish somehow...! ]
Sure you wanna give this a shot?
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there are so many leeches in the water but it's fine, she doesn't seem to mind.]
Might be a laugh, honestly. [peers into the water.] You promise to help me peel them off after if it doesn't work?
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[ he takes off his hat and offers it to her, upside-down. ]
You can throw lil' Karlach in here, 'n anythin' else you got that you don't want gettin' wet.
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I'm not worried about a couple of leech bites. [she says confidently. she's got like a bazillion hitpoints she's fine. but she will kick off her boots, and stand at the edge.]
Alright, alright. What d'you think, foot?
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he nods at her. ]
Sounds safe enough ta' me. You boil those bastards.
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anyway, she takes a step into the water, and watches! it's not quite hot enough to boil the water, but the leeches seem Hesitant. until she starts moving her foot, and then they no longer hesitate, and she yelps.
but it's more like laughing, even as she jumps back out of the water.]
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boothill is over here watching, but when karlach hops back he starts laughing too. he leaves his hat on a nearby rock and jogs over to her side, grasping her arm to give her leverage. ]
They got you, huh? Shoot.
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she holds onto him as she shakes off the leeches, snorting.]
Valiant try! Bested by little bugs. Worst day of my life.
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I won't tell nobody. [ heh ] You got 'em, or need some help?
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Hey, I won't turn down the help. [she's already trying to use her tail to spatula them off of her.]
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All right, all right. You sit.
[ he guides her over to the rock nearby, lowers her down, and then kneels beside her leg. don't mind him carefully holding it while gently extracting the leech from her skin 😳 ]
Guess I'll hafta catch us some fish the old-fashioned way.
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You good at fishing? [her hand twitches where she's steadying herself on the rock, and then like she's just deciding to go for it, she brings her hand up to tuck his hair behind his ear.]
I'm rubbish at it. Can't sit still long enough.
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that last leech gets popped off! then he's just kneeling in front of her and she's pushing back his hair with her clawed hand and he's staring up at her, almost dumbstruck.
ok. OK. his heart is beating quick. he manages to tilt a smile up his mouth. ]
Hey. Not sure what you're thinkin'. I was just gonna grab 'em with these.
[ he raises a hand. yes he's was going to bare hand catch those fish. but now he's locked eyes with karlach and he's holding her calf with both hands. ]
Kinda... lost interest, though. If I'm bein' honest.
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there's a second where she actually realizes the position they are both in and it is very clear that she's blushing. she opens her mouth - and then closes it, losing all the words in her head for a long second. just for a second, as she registers the hands on her, the expression on his face.
and then:]
Shame. Would've been hot.
[she says, with that slightly shy grin creeping at the corners of her lips.]
What are you interested in now, then?
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boothill is not stopping this so. i guess he's just
going to push himself slowly to his feet, set one knee on the rock beside karlach, set one hand on her shoulder and the other on her cheek. his fingertips slip into her hair.
he murmurs, head tilted: ]
Flower-pickin'.
[ if she doesn't stop him first, he'll lean in and slowly close his lips over hers. ]
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no this is perfect, he rises up and she sucks in a tiny sharp breath, going still - not in a bad way, but stunned, the way that he was just a moment ago. it's such a smooth move, the way he slides up into her space. and almost instinctively she rests one hand on his waist to steady him, the other loosely at his chest, curling into the front of his shirt. stay, she thinks, stay there.
when he leans in, karlach meets him without any hesitation at all. that blue glow flares, and her grip on his shirt tightens as she keeps him close, pressing up into the kiss with a little shivery, happy noise.
sorry about how warm she gets, this is one of those moments where she has absolutely no control over it. it won't burn or hurt! but she is a little furnace. flower-picking. she's weak.]
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